The Black Swan is a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and focuses on the possible extreme impact of highly improbable outlier events. Examples focused on in the book include the September 11 attacks, the rise of Google, and World War I. It spent 36 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

In Australia, the black swan is the state bird of Western Australia as it is common in the wetlands of both southwestern and eastern Australia, where it was discovered. They were then introduced as ornamental birds into New Zealand and Europe where they have often escaped into the wild.

Well, we ended the season with a 2/15 or 13 1/3 percent. Given the category and clue and was not surprised about the the triple miss today. Usually J has easier clues on Fridays… Ah well, Have a great weekend and a fantastic rest of the summer everybody!!!

And from the show’s website, they’ll air in that order starting on Monday. (As an aside, I love that Andy uses a more refined term to describe the hiatus programming than the show itself does.)

An interesting quirk – will we hear the original audio spoken on the stage this time around? For example, during the third semifinal, it was noted that “on Monday” seemed to be recorded over “tomorrow” when Alex was stating when the final would air. Have previous tournaments (for example, those aired during the 2013 hiatus) corrected for shifts in the days of the week they re-aired, vice originally aired?

Dal, glass half empty? By my count, there are far more days left in summer now.

Andy, would like to make a contribution. I have had a handful of problems giving my credit card number out. One involved the FBI, where a guy had used my credit card to have pizza delivered! They caught him…. Any other was to contribute…

Haven’t heard anything yet! Though if they do, it might wait until mid-season. They taped the first four weeks of Season 34 already (back in late April) as a contingency plan against a possible WGA strike.

Summer winding down and a new J! season six weeks away. Maybe an appropriate time to thank Andy for all the time, energy, and effort he puts in to keep the board going (and do the live chats). It’s a tremendous amount of work and I’m hopeful we provide him enough appreciative feedback — it’s a fun site and even if I don’t post often I visit almost daily. Thanks, Andy!

Does this page go idle during the off-season? Thanks for adding the Triple Stumper stat to the mix. With knowledge of my averages for that (wild fluctuations) and the Finals (consistent on a weekly basis), I think I’ve got a good feel for how I’d do if I were ever a contestant. Keep up the good work, Andy, and enjoy your vacation (?) 🙂

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